Dutch Wonderland is a “Kingdom for Kids” theme park located in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. The 48-acre park is filled with 32 attractions designed to appeal for families with children twelve and under. The park was built by the Clark family and...
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Merlin’s Mayhem: The most in-depth review of this fun family coaster you’ll ever read
Let’s face it: most family roller coasters aren’t very fun. Almost every amusement park has a family coaster yet the majority of them are cloned, off-the-shelf models with boring layouts. Slow speeds, clunky restraints and rough track transitions make for...
Continue reading...RailBlazer Review: One Rail To Rule Them All
California’s Great America has officially opened their newest roller coaster, RailBlazer, to the public! RailBlazer is a first of its kind ride on the West Coast, and is also the first major project as part of the park’s new master...
Continue reading...Review: Twisted Cyclone Strikes Six Flags Over Georgia
Rain dotted my windshield as I drove to the media preview of Six Flags Over Georgia’s new-for-2018 Twisted Cyclone, the latest hybrid steel coaster from Rocky Mountain Construction (RMC). Earlier in the morning, I nervously watched the weather radar as a...
Continue reading...HangTime at Knott’s Berry Farm Review: Even More Fun to Watch Than it is to Ride
The first ever Infinity coaster on the West Coast, and only the second in the USA, has officially opened to the public. HangTime at Knott’s Berry Farm opened this weekend, the first major new thrill coaster at the park really...
Continue reading...A Look at California’s Great America’s WinterFest 2017
California’s Great America kicked off their second annual WinterFest event last weekend, and we stopped by the park to take a look. This year, WinterFest at CGA is one of several Cedar Fair parks hosting a holiday “WinterFest”, along with...
Continue reading...Shortened Last Call Fall Festival at Six Flags Great America
On Saturday, I visited the inaugural Last Call Fall Festival at Six Flags Great America. While I expected to spend the entire day at the park, my stay was cut short — four hours short. Warning: this post contains some ranting....
Continue reading...What to Eat (and See and Hear) at Taste of Orleans at CA Great America
This past weekend the second annual Taste of Orleans festival at California’s Great America kicked off. If you didn’t make it down, the festival continues this coming weekend (July 30-31), and it’s definitely worth a trip. Many of the attractions...
Continue reading...Why Dinosaurs Alive is Carowinds’ Most Underrated Attraction
I have been visiting Carowinds several times a year since moving to North Carolina in 2000. Especially in recent years, I’ve chronicled a lot of those visits here on Coaster101, talking about attractions like Carowinds’ world-class lineup of roller coasters,...
Continue reading...Hersheypark Coaster Ranking from a First-Timer
2023 Update: Where does Hersheypark’s new-for-2023 Wildcat’s Revenge, the Rocky Mountain Construction (RMC) hybrid coaster, rank? Read our updated ranking here. Hersheypark is home to 13 roller coasters — 14 if you count Lightning Racer’s two tracks separately. I recently...
Continue reading...Kennywood Roller Coasters Ranked By a First-Time Visitor
I made my first visit to Kennywood this weekend, and I took a ride on each of the six major Kennywood roller coasters. Although it wasn’t easy, I decided to rank the historic amusement park’s roller coasters — separating the...
Continue reading...Kraken Unleashed Debuts at SeaWorld Orlando
The Kraken has finally been unleashed at SeaWorld Orlando! Kraken Unleashed, the highly anticipated virtual reality addition to SeaWorld’s first coaster, opened to the public on Friday. From the press release: “Just in time for summer vacation, one of the...
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